Powerhouse Museum, Sydney
November 26, 2009 / 0 Comments


Powerhouse Museum, Sydney

The Powerhouse Museum, Sydney is most important branch of the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences located in Sydney. The other museums are merely Sydney Observatory. The powerhouse museum has a huge gathering encircling all type of technology including Media, Decorative arts, Space technology, Communication, Science, Furniture, Costume, Steam engines, Computer technology and the transport. The collection is displayed for nearly 125 years. There are about 400000 artifacts displayed in the museum since the year 1988. The electric tram power station which lies in the suburban area of Ultimo in the inner west are is what the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney is more famous for. Originally it was constructed in the year 1902. It is one of the most popular tourist’s attractions in Sydney. The museum publishes a quarterly magazine named Powerline is available  [...] 


“Icon Of Queensland” – The Great Barrier Reef
November 19, 2009 / 0 Comments


“Icon Of Queensland” – The Great Barrier Reef

Lounging on the gigantic expanse off the coast of Queensland in Northeast Australia, The Great Barrier Reef is gifted with awe-inspiring world’s largest natural beauty. Mother Nature has bestowed the Great Barrier Reef with profuse treasure of marine life, comprising of nearly 2,900 individual reefs, coral cays, 900 tropical islands spanning over 2600 kilometers, altogether reclining over an area of about 344,400 square kilometers. This ‘natural wonder is the largest across the globe, even larger than The Great Wall of China, and the only single structure on Planet Earth visible from the space. The Great Barrier Reef is the sole natural wonder formulated out of living organisms, comprising of billions of tiny organisms called as coral polyps. The year 1981 proved to be a golden moment as it was designated in the prestigious “World Heritage  [...]